U.K. firms Development Engineering and Enterprise Ltd (DEE-Ltd) and Enhanced Protection Systems Ltd. (EPS) Nov. 5 said they have formed a new joint venture, Ascender Vehicles Limited. The new organization is expected to bring together the design engineering, development, manufacture and marketing for the current and future planned range of specialist light military vehicles, including the Weevil, Whippet and Dingo. The initial program for the joint venture is a new light, two-seater all-terrain platform, Whippet 2, the pre-production version of which will soon begin…
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